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He is a Jewish moneylender who earns his living by charging interest on money he loans (like modern banks). He often speaks prose in the play, which marks him out as an outsider. He is persecuted by all the non-Jews he knows: He tells Antonio, “suff’rance is the badge of all our tribe”. He is…

A major tenet of the ‘Five Stages’ theory which is vital to understanding its practical use is that one is not required to go through the five stages in order, nor is one required to go through all five stages. This is especially important because as a single family, the Danes do not go through…

The techniques Iago uses enable the reader to appreciate his full wickedness. It also gives the audience an insight into the hysterical jealousy of Othello, which rapidly gets out of control – an emotion based entirely upon Iago’s potent influence and manipulation. The famous corruption scene in Othello is Act III Scene III. It reveals…

Revenge causes Hamlet to act blindly through anger and emotion, rather than through reason As the play begins, Hamlet is in a grieving period over the death of his father, To make matters worse, his mother marries his uncle, the deceased King’s brother. Hamlet does not approve of this relationship and distances himself from hert…

Shakespeare shows Juliet’s changing emotions and state of mind throughout the play Romeo and Juliet. The readers witness this development of Juliet through various different situations during the play. The readers see this development of Juliet through her emotional changes and state of mind in these situations. One of these changes that the readers witness…

One of the prominent elements in Othello is the use of dramatic irony, particularly in Iago’s dialogues. This technique is prominently displayed when Iago tells outright lies to deceive other characters, portrays himself differently to manipulate others, and when other characters discuss him in a manner that misrepresents his true nature. Iago consistently fabricates small…

“What is particularly dramatic about Act4, Scene 3 of ‘Othello’? Explore the relationship between the two women themselves and their relationships with their husbands here and elsewhere. Do you think Shakespeare himself is ‘putting down’ women or is he just portraying a male attitude of his time? ” Act 4 Scene 3 of ‘Othello’ is…

“A Comparison and Contrast Paper between Ophelia in Hamlet and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet” Before we discuss the differences and characteristics between Ophelia in “Hamlet” and Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet, we must have first an overview of how these two stories in the plays came about and who wrote these. Long before, some…

Aristotle wrote numerous treatises about a variety of topics, one of which is his treatise on Poetics. In this treatise, he discusses poetry and the construction of epics, but the treatise heavily focuses on the creation and definition of a tragedy, particularly on the development of the plot. Based on Aristotle’s definitions of a tragedy…

Disguise plays a fundamental role in the sixteenth century play William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. The characters disguise themselves not only through physical costumes, but also by masking their feelings and emotions”. The masking of feelings is much more effective than any form of physical costume, because a costume is merely another layer…